Description

TQ 3975 BLACKHEATH LEE ROAD

786-0/45/10000 No 23

Blackheath Concert Hall

GV II

Purpose built concert hall. Built 1894 by Edmeston and Gabriel
in Queen Anne style. Built of Leicester brick with some dressings
and window mullions of terra-cotta and low-relief stucco
decorative treatment in 'gesso duro' by Gilbert Seale of
Walworth; Westmoreland slate roof. Plan comprises front block
facing road with administrative and social rooms and small hall
on 1st floor. At right angles, but not centred on the middle of
the front, is the wing with the main hall, its gable sticking up
over the roof of the Lee Road Block. Front of 2 storeys 7
windows. Ends have gables with ball finials and strapwork
decoration including masks and musical instruments. Lowered
double arched attic openings. 1st floor has round-headed windows
with triple casements and stained glass above. Frieze between
floors depicting tritons playing musical instruments. Ground
floor has triple mullioned and transomed windows. Right side has
open pedimented doorcase with large brackets, female mask in
pediment and elaborate tented cast iron canopy on 2 cast iron
columns. Some stained glass panels to Entrance Hall. Concert Hall
interior of 9 bays with elaborate wooden ribbed ceiling, round-
headed windows divided by pilasters and proscenium arch with open
pediment with shield and panel with musical instruments flanked
by console brackets.

This is believed to be the earliest surviving purpose-built
concert hall in London.

Listing NGR: TQ3970075856

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Blackheath Halls at Wikipedia
• Blackheath Halls official website
• Wikidata Q4922994

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